Heritage Organizations

Other Community Resources

Below is a list of heritage organizations. Please note this is not an exhaustive list. If there is an organization that you feel should be added, please contact us and let us know!

You may also wish to explore Vancouver’s History Resources.

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Heritage Organizations in Vancouver

• Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC
• City of Vancouver
  • Heritage Planning
  • What is the Heritage Register?
  • View the Heritage Register
  • How to nominate your home for the Heritage Register
  • City of Vancouver Archives
• Heritage Vancouver Society
• Hogan’s Alley Society
• Grandview Heritage Group
• Marpole Historical Society
• Stanley Park History Group
• Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society
• Vancouver Historical Society
• Vancouver Public Library Local History
• Vancouver School Board – Archives & Heritage Committee

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BC Heritage

• BC Archives
• BC Black History Awareness Society
• BC Historical Federation
• British Columbia History Internet Website
• BC Labour Heritage Centre
• Chinese Canadian Museum of BC
• Heritage BC
• Jewish Museum & Archives of BC – online exhibits and some special events
• Memory BC – online directory of all the archives in BC & their holdings
• New Westminster Heritage Preservation Society
• North Shore Heritage Preservation Society
• Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britanique
• Townsite Heritage Society of Powell River
• Victoria Heritage Foundation

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Canadian Heritage

• Canadian Conservation Institute
• Canadian Genealogy Centre
• Canadian Heritage Information Network
• Canada’s Historic Places
• National Trust for Canada
• National Historic Sites of Canada
• University of Waterloo Heritage Resource Centre

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International Heritage

• National Trust for Historic Preservation – USA
• National Park Service: Discover History  – USA
• North Slope Historic District – Tacoma, WA
• Historic Seattle – USA
• Historic England
• Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) – UK
• International Council on Monuments & Sites (ICOMOS)
• International Center for the Study of the Preservation & Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
• Documentation & Conservation of Buildings, Sites & Neighborhoods of the Modernist Movement (DOCOMOMO)
• UNESCO World Heritage